This is a collection guide. It is a description of archival material held in the Special Collections Division,
J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. The materials described here are physically available in our
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Steven N. Anastasion (U.S.N.A. 1942 graduate) served aboard the USS
Champlin (DD601) from 1942 to 1945 and commanded the Destroyer Escort USS
Melvin R. Nawman (DE 416) from 1952 to 1954 in Norway, Denmark and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Destroyer USS
Hawkins (DDR873) from 1958 to 1960 and the Guided Missile Cruiser USS
Leahy (DLG-16) from 1964 to 1967 in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. Papers refer to his service aboard these ships and include printed materials, newsletters, and navigational summaries. Also included are 2009 issues of
The Seaweed, published by the USS
Champlin Reunion Group and a transcription of an interview with Captain Anastasion done by Robert C. Bormann of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society.

Steven N. Anastasion was born April 9, 1921, in New Haven, Connecticut, to Savas and Eleni Anastasion. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a BS in 1942, obtained a MSEE degree from MIT in 1948 and graduated from the Naval War College in 1958 and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1964. During WWII, he served aboard the USS
Champlin (1942-1945) becoming the Executive Officer in 1944. Among other assignments after the war ended, he commanded the Destroyer Escort USS
Melvin R. Nawman (DE 416) from 1952 to 1954, the Destroyer USS
Hawkins (DDR873) from 1958 to 1960,and the Guided Missile Cruiser USS
Leahy (DLG-16) from 1964 to 1967. After he retired from active duty in 1972, he worked with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in various positions until 1985. At that time, he joined the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences (CAETS) where he worked as Vice President and Secretary (chief operating officer) until retiring in 1999.

Preliminary Inventory

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Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection, without the consent of those individuals, may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which East Carolina University assumes no responsibility.

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